UEFA Champions League: Wolfsburg vs. Red Bull Sazburg Preview, Odds, Prediction

The Wolves are experiencing many problems with injured players, but that could be said for their next rivals, Red Bull Salzburg. These two teams enter arguably the most important match of the year with injury lists filled from top to bottom. Yet that will not be an alibi for either side in case they fail to reach their goals which would be a win. We are pretty sure that the guests would be satisfied with one point, but a win propels them into the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Preview

Wolfsburg (+140) is a slight favorite. That is mostly due to a home-court advantage and the fact that they finally won following three consecutive losses. At one moment, the Wolves looked pretty pale, not being able to create pressure upfront, which was the reason for only one goal in those three defeats.

One by one, Union Berlin, Salzburg, and Freiburg beat the former champs. But, a big boost of morale happened this Saturday, with the Wolves beating Bayer Leverkusen on the road, 0-2.

Will this be the start of a better period for Florian Kohfeldt’s crew? We don’t know. They have been playing under the expected level, with the reason for that being pretty weak defense. This weekend’s game in Leverkusen was the first one with a clean sheet following eight.

Red Bull Salzburg (+160) couldn’t defeat Ried in the previous round of the Australian Bundesliga, playing 2-2 on the road. Even though the Bulls managed to flip the result and come back from behind in the end, they allowed a goal and went home with just one point.

They, too, have problems with defense, but luckily, the attacking part of the team covers up well all those minuses. In one of the past seven games, Red Bull allowed at least a goal, but on the other side, they scored two or more nine of the previous 10.

The Bulls play open and offensive football, trying to score always, regardless of the result. That is why they often concede, but overall, they are one very dominant team that didn’t lose in the past 19 games.

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Wolfsburg has eight players who are definitely out – Mehmedi, Bialek, Roussillon, Waldschmidt, Klinger, William, Weghorst and Schalnger.

On the other side, veteran Junuzovic, Solet, Sesko, and Vallci aren’t available for the visitors, while Sekou Koita and Kamil Piatkowski stand doubtful.

Head to Head Games

The first game in Salzburg ended 3-1 for the hosts, with them pretty easily dispatching the rivals from Germany. Adeyemi scored an opener after three minutes, Nmecha leveled the score in the 15th, and Okafor sealed the win with a brace in the second half.

Prediction

In our opinion, both teams to score is the best pick for this game. Both teams like to attack, and while doing so, they leave the backline exposed on certain occasions. Wolfsburg has to be aggressive right from the start, while on the other end, Salzburg is always offensive-minded. We have all the factors for a high-efficient match. The odds ( -190) aren’t that profitable, but are safe.

Pick: Both teams to score -190

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• Bayern Munich vs. Benfica
• Borussia Dortmund vs. Ajax
• Liverpool vs. Atletico Madrid